Bill Text: NY S05066 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to operating costs for substance abuse providers receiving federal aid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-12-22 - SIGNED CHAP.788 [S05066 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05066-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5066--A
            Cal. No. 441

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 23, 2021
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        Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and
          Substance Abuse -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to
          first  and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
          and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
          to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  operating  costs
          for substance abuse providers receiving federal aid

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (a)  of  section  25.01  of  the
     2  mental hygiene law, as added by section 3 of part G of chapter 56 of the
     3  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     4    7.  "Approved  net  operating  cost" shall mean the remainder of total
     5  operating expenses approved by the office, less all sources of  revenue,
     6  including  voluntary  agency contributions and local tax levy; provided,
     7  however, that any federal paycheck protection program  loan  forgiveness
     8  funding,  or other extraordinary federal funding provided in response to
     9  the COVID-19 pandemic, as determined by the office, shall not be consid-
    10  ered a source of revenue.
    11    § 2. Section 25.05 of the mental hygiene law, as amended by section  5
    12  of  part  G  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
    13  follows:
    14  § 25.05 Reimbursement from other sources.
    15    The office shall not provide a voluntary agency or a program  operated
    16  by  a  local  governmental  unit  with financial support for obligations
    17  incurred by or on behalf of such program or  agency  for  substance  use
    18  disorder  and/or compulsive gambling services for which reimbursement is
    19  or may be claimed under any provision of law other  than  this  article,
    20  unless  such  financial  support  was  provided  as  part of any federal

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  paycheck protection program loan forgiveness funding, or other  extraor-
     2  dinary federal funding provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as
     3  determined by the office.
     4    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
     5  have been in full force and effect on and after March 13, 2020.